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Mar 11, 2016
LTC exempted from newly-passed drug bill’s ‘lock-in’ provision
McKnight’s
A bill passed by the Senate on Thursday is earning praise from a leading long-term care pharmacy group for exempting nursing homes from its controversial “lock-in” provision that limits Medicare beneficiaries to using one pharmacy…Read More -
Feb 2, 2016
MAC Prices Hit LTC Sites Hard: Margin Loss Seen
Specialty Pharmacy Continuum
Robert Warnock, PharmD, realized that he had a problem. The senior vice president of pharmacy services for PruittHealth, Dr. Warnock oversees pharmacy services for five long-term care (LTC) pharmacies affiliated with Pruitt, which operates about 100 skilled care nursing facilities in the Southeast…Read More -
Nov 24, 2015
PBMs Scrutinized for LTC Pharmacy Payment Practices
Pharmacy Times
Long-term care (LTC) pharmacies’ current prescription drug reimbursement model may not be sustainable, a new analysis suggests…Read More -
Nov 20, 2015
Community, Long-Term Care Pharmacists Seek More Transparency From PBMs
Inside Health Policy
Community and long-term care pharmacists are pressing for more transparency in pharmacy benefit managers’ Maximum Allowable Cost lists that determine how much pharmacies are paid for generic drugs, pushing back against PBMs’ claims that transparency could lead to higher drug prices…Read More -
Oct 9, 2015
Value-based payment, consolidation threaten LTC pharmacies, report claims
McKnight’s
The shift to value based payment models, drug repackaging restrictions and consolidations are among the biggest concerns for the long-term care pharmacy sector, according to report released Thursday by research firm Avalere Health and the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition…Read More -
Oct 8, 2015
Long Term Care Pharmacy Sector Plays Key, Growing Role in US Seniors’ Care as New Payment, Delivery Models Gain Prevalence
Pharmacy Times
A new Avalere Health study of the nation’s growing long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector – the most detailed analysis since Medicare Part D was implemented in 2006 – finds LTC pharmacies playing a greater role in seniors’ clinical care as new health payment and delivery models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), bundled payments and value-based purchasing proliferate amid a rapidly changing healthcare marketplace…Read More -
Sep 2, 2015
State Efforts to Reform Secretive Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Pricing Policies Gain National Momentum
Roll Call
Americans today rightly demand more transparency in their governmental, financial and educational institutions. It is the foundation upon which to assess accountability, performance and trust…Read More -
Jul 15, 2015
CA Governor Jerry Brown Praised by National Long Term Care (LTC) Pharmacy Group for Signing MAC Transparency Bill Into Law
Pharmacy Times
Saying there is growing bipartisan momentum at the state level to reform the longstanding secretive and opaque Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) drug pricing policies antithetical to the interests of patients and taxpayers,the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) today praised California Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA) for signing into law AB 627, which brings badly-needed reforms to abusive PBM pricing and reimbursement practices…Read More -
May 26, 2015
Cures Releases Pharmacy Lock-In For Long-Term Care
Politico Pulse
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition requested and got an exemption from a provision to combat drug abuse among at-risk seniors in the Medicare program…Read More
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